2012 Camaro ZL1

The Internet was teeming with Camaro rumors for months leading up to the Detroit Auto show this January, speculating on what Chevrolet would load up in the next salvo of the current Pony car war. Something special was coming, that much was sure, and Z/28 was the most frequent and persistent rumor, but, like with the Corvette Z06, Chevrolet went way back into the archives and dusted off an appropriate model designation. While the Z/28 was a high-revving, small-displacement road racer, the ZL1 was a big-block beast of a drag racer. With an all-aluminum 427, the ’69 ZL1 was rare, expensive, and brutal. The 2011 model will definitely be more common, and its supercharged 6.2L should prove to be big-block-quick at the strip, but we can’t tell you specifics just yet. Chevrolet hasn’t released the price or the official dyno numbers, but with the same LSA as the 556hp CTS-V, it’s not going to be a slouch.

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GM Performance Department has this preproduction ZL1 on display near the Power Tour main stage and it’s drawing quite a crowd. If you plan on joining us on this year’s Power Tour you can see it at all of the stops along with a whole batch of GM’s hottest cars.